Finding Joy Amid Grief

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Good grief?

A God Given Gift In the Peanuts cartoon created by Charles Schultz, Charlie Brown’s favorite expression always has been “Good Grief!” Upon reflection, this exclamation may have appeared to us to be a strange combination of words. In light of a world filled with tragedies, we may have asked, “How can something caused by a terrible loss and accompanied by painful feelings ever be positive?” “How can grief be good?” Yet, according to John F. Baggett, author of Finding the Good in Grief, Rediscover Joy After a Life Changing Loss, the journey of grief is a God given gift intended to help us find acceptance and healing.